An effort estimation model for implementing ISO 9001 in software organizations

• Main Author: Rahhal, Silas
• Other Authors: Madhavji, Nazim H. (advisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: McGill University 1995
• Subjects: Computer Science.
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23290

The adoption of software development principles and methodologies embodying best practices and standards is essential to achieving quality software products. Many organizations world-wide have implemented quality management systems that comply with the requirements of the ISO 9001 standard, or similar schemes, to ensure product quality. Meeting the requirement of ISO 9000 can be costly in time, effort and money. The effort primarily depends on the size of the organization, and the status of the quality management system. The focus of this thesis is on the development of an effort estimation model for the implementation of ISO 9001 in software organizations. In determining this effort, a survey of 1190 registered organizations was conducted in 1995, of which 63 were software organizations. A statistical regression model for predicting the effort was developed and validated. The proposed effort estimation model forms a foundation for building and comparing related effort estimation models for ISO 9000 and other process improvement frameworks.